I’m Going Back To Old Kentucky

Written by Bill Monroe

Key of G · Chords: I IV

Chorus

I’m going back to old Kentucky
                      G7
There to see my Linda Lou
I’m going back to old Kentucky
                G7  C
Where the skies are always blue

Verse 1

     C
When my left old Kentucky
                        G7
Linda kissed me and she cried
           C
I told her that I would not linger
            G7 C
I’d be back by and by

Verse 2

Linda Lou is she is a beauty
                                   G7
Those pretty brown eyes I loved so well
I’m going back to old Kentucky
           G7     C
Never more to say farewell

Verse 3

Linda Lou you know I love you
                              G7
I long for you each night and day
               C
When the roses bloom in old Kentucky
               G7   C
I’ll be coming back to stay